Directorate Change

National Grid Transco PLC
07 October 2003

7 October 2003

                     GROUP BOARD RETIREMENT AND CHANGES TO

                             BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES

National Grid Transco (NGT) today announces the retirement of John Wybrew as an
Executive Director of NGT on 30 November 2003.

John Wybrew was appointed Executive Director of NGT on the merger of Lattice
Group and National Grid Group in October 2002. Previously, he joined the board
of British Gas in 1996 and was subsequently appointed Executive Director of BG
Group in 1999, he was appointed Executive Director of Lattice Group on its
demerger from BG in October 2000.

Within NGT Mr Wybrew is responsible for Group Corporate Affairs. These
responsibilities will pass to senior executives within NGT who report to Roger
Urwin, Group Chief Executive of NGT.


                          
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